Zhong Niangzi Wanfu

Chapter 79 Ding You
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Although Wen Yi handed over the evidence that You Hanting was a traitor, You Hanting finally sold Qi Kong and hurt Chen Minping for forcing him to open Nanguan privately and steal the map to the southern thief. He thought he was a snake, but he actually served the imperial court wholeheartedly. He neither handed over all the maps, but also made a plan to repel the southern thieves and the west wing.

Qi Cheng had just ascended the throne, and it was the time when he was appointing people. He knew that there was still a deposed princeling in the court, and wanted to use his treatment of You Hanting to show his generosity and kindness, so he allowed his merits and demerits to be balanced and ordered his official reinstatement.

Over in Shengzhou, Qi Cheng replaced all the guards around Qi Kong with his own people, and truly put Qi Kong under house arrest.

Wen Yi won the battle, was promoted to the rank of sixth-grade Xiaoqiying school captain, and was appointed to the royal capital as an official.

Zhang Zhuo solved the difficulties in Danzhou and was posthumously named General Gui Delang from the fifth rank. He was given a hundred taels of gold as a gift and a funeral ceremony for the national officials.

Zhang Jue died for his country and was posthumously awarded the posthumous title of "Yuan Cheng" as the Grand Master.

The Zhang family was full of loyal and loyal people, and Zhang Yan was promoted to the rank of fourth-rank Baohe Hall, and was given the title of Taiwei as an exception. He was also awarded the rank of Zhonglang General who returned to Germany from the fourth rank.

Zhang Yan followed Zhang Zhuo's will and did not ask Wen Yi to tell Wen Shu about Zhang Zhuo's poisoning, nor did he ask Wen Yi to investigate the matter. Instead, he secretly took care of the matter himself.

Within a few days, several soldiers who were good at archery were lost in the Danzhou military camp.

Wen Yi sent people to investigate, and found several headless human corpses that had been skinned in the forest where Zhang Zhongzhong's arrows were shot. Their bodies were covered with arrows, and they had been eaten by wild beasts in the forest until they could no longer identify their human form. .

Wen Yi had seen Zhang Yan's methods and only said that there might be remnants of Nan'an in the forest. He sent people to search inside and outside. After confirming that there was nothing wrong in the forest, he swept them up with straw and threw them into a mass grave.

The peace talks in Xiliang were delayed, and it was already late autumn when Shen Feng returned to the capital.

This time Shen Feng performed meritorious service along with him and was promoted to Taichang Shaoqing from the fifth rank.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the capital city, Shen Yan saw Zhong Yan wearing a long crimson dress and a milky white cloak, standing in front of the city gate, looking at the endless stream of pedestrians from time to time.

Shen Feng got out of the car and greeted him.

Zhong Lan also saw him and stepped forward to hold his arm.

They hadn't seen each other for several months, a lot of things had happened, and neither of them knew what to say.

Seeing the sad look on Zhong Lan's eyebrows, Shen Feng gently held her hand: "I heard about Brother Zhang in Xiliang. Are Mrs. Pan and Sister Shu okay?"

Zhong Lan's eyes turned red when he heard this: "Why do you think there is such a thing in this world? They are going to get married soon, why are they separated now?"

Shen Feng silently hugged Zhong Lan and let her cry and wet his clothes.

Zhong Lan wiped the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief and pulled Shen Feng onto his carriage: "As soon as General Zhang's funeral ceremony was over, Wen Shu took the caravan to Dongchang again. They have been traveling here and there for half a year. Who can persuade her? And he refused to stop.”

"Sister Shu is a thoughtful person. She has always cared about Brother Zhang's death. Unless she lets it go, she won't listen to anyone else." Shen Feng advised softly, "You have to give her some time to recover."

Zhong Yan nodded and sighed: "Miss Pan has also lived in seclusion during this period, and she doesn't go to banquets often. I often take Ah Nian to Zhangfu to accompany her, and she always says nothing is wrong, but every time I go, she They all have red eyes.”

"Mr. Zhang and Mrs. Pan are already very old. Their only son died early, which has been a great sorrow since ancient times." Shen Feng also shook his head, "Master Zhang, I and Wen Yihui often advise, Mrs. Pan will do your best. Be more concerned."

"I will." Zhong Lan nodded in response.

The Shen Mansion's carriage rumbled into the royal capital city. In the upper room of the teahouse next to the city gate, there was a person staring closely at the back of the carriage, with a strange and hateful look in his eyes: "Now even Shen Feng is back..."

Sleepy frowned and stepped forward to salute You Hanting: "Sir, the substitute who was promoted for Zhang Zhuo's death has been unable to hide it from the Zhang family, and is about to be traced to us."

"I know." You Hanting said impatiently, "Your Majesty needs to use me to induce the court to dethrone the princelings. Even if Zhang Yan finds out the truth, he will not touch me for the time being."

"Is there any message from Shengzhou?"

He was stunned for a moment and wondered why: "My lord, when you reported the treason of Lord Pingping to this superior, you had already turned against Shengzhou."

"No." You Hanting narrowed his eyes and said, "My father and eldest brother are still in Shengzhou. Now that my cousin cannot get the holy will, they still need me to listen to God's will in the court."

"Let's wait a few days, and we will know their plans after a few days."

You Hanting turned his eyes to the direction where the Shen family's carriage disappeared, and frowned again: "It's just that the king has a Wen Yi who is my enemy, which is enough for me. Now that Shen Feng is back, he has always had problems with me. , we have to find a way to get him to leave the royal capital."

"But Mr. Shen has now completed his mission, and his glorious return to the country is even more prosperous. He is now a favorite minister of the emperor, why did he leave the royal capital?" Keng Si said with a frown.

You Hanting swung his sword in the eye and said, "Don't say words that boost other people's ambitions and destroy your own prestige."

Seeing that You Hanting was angry, Kunsi quickly smiled and nodded: "My lord, please forgive me, but I know I was wrong."

You Hanting pondered for a while, his eyes became even colder: "It's better to let him Ding worry."

"Ding You?" Kongsi was shocked and didn't realize what You Hanting meant.

"The You family of Qin Lin has always been the number one family in Danzhou. Now, taking advantage of the decline of the You family, the Shen family of Taiming has taken the lead, occupying the position of the You family and becoming the leader of the Danzhou family."

You Hanting narrowed his eyes: "And now that I have become a widower, but his family is happy, how can I be willing to do so?"

"My lord, are you still concerned about Miss Zhong Er?" Kansi asked cautiously.

You Hanting sneered: "You mind? What I don't want, even Shen Feng doesn't deserve to touch it." "I heard that after the enemy attack in Nan'an, Danzhou is in ruins and waiting for prosperity. In a few days, the state government will convene the heads of the various families in Danzhou. The steward will go to Yong'an to discuss the plan for revival. I have a secret letter for you to hand over to the magistrate Yu Zhizhou and Cai County."

As soon as he recovered from the words "Ding You", he felt that You Hanting was even more terrifying. He couldn't help but tremble and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, so he could only retreat.

two

When winter comes, it’s A Nian’s second birthday.

Because there has been nothing worth celebrating in the past two years, and when A-Nian was born, there was no full-moon banquet due to the turmoil in the court. Zhong Lan and Shen Feng discussed hosting a small birthday party for A-Nian to add joy.

The lords and nobles of the capital and those who had friendship with Shen Feng and Zhonglan all came, as did Madam Pan, who had rarely attended banquets in the past six months. Wen Shu also returned to the capital from Dongchang and came to the banquet with Wen Yi.

Now that Wen Yi is serving as an official in the imperial court and Wen Shu's business is getting bigger and bigger, no one dares to say anything about her in front of Wen Shu. Only some cunning and tactful women who are jealous of Wen Shu sometimes gossip behind her back. She pretended not to hear any nonsense.

The Shen Mansion finally became lively.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone was in low spirits. Shen Feng sent away his colleagues in the front seat, and Zhong Lan also sent away the lady in the back seat properly.

Shen Feng finally had the opportunity to take out the birthday gift he had prepared for A-Nian.

Zhong Lan was coaxing A-Nian when he saw Shen Feng solemnly placing two books on the table. He couldn't help but twitching his lips: "Is this your birthday gift to A-Nian?"

Shen Feng smiled faintly: "This is the book I learned when I was enlightened. I felt that I benefited a lot, so I passed it on to Ah Nian and asked the female servant to take it with her and read it to him when taking care of him, so that he can enlightenment as soon as possible."

"How old were you when you became enlightened?" Zhong Lan smiled.

"She should be five years old." Shen Feng thought thoughtfully.

"But Ah Nian is only two years old now." Zhong Lan smiled so hard that it was even worse than crying.

"Even if A Nian doesn't understand..."

"Stop." Zhong Lan stopped Shen Feng's words and put Anian in his arms, "Look at your son."

Shen Feng looked at the ignorant and innocent child in his arms who was sucking his hand, his eyes couldn't help but become soft and loving.

"How can you bear it?" Zhong Lan was on the verge of crying, "Look at what others have given me as gifts."

"The gold inlaid jade longevity lock from Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Pan; a box of gold ingots from Wen Shu; the latest Tiangong ball from Wangdu from Wen Yi..." Zhong Yan ordered all of them for Shen Yun, and the rest People just gave him some fashionable materials and small items of gold, silver, jade, etc. No one paid as much attention to early childhood as Shen Feng and gave him pen, ink, books, paper and inkstones.

Shen Feng heard the meaning of Zhong Lan's words, lowered his head and chuckled twice: "If you think it's too early, madam, then it will be two years later."

"That makes sense." Zhong Lan finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Then you have to give Anian something else."

Shen Yan pretended to be contemplative, and finally put his eyes on Zhong Yan: "Why don't you give Ah Nian a younger brother or sister?"

Zhong Lan's pupils shrank and his face immediately turned red: "What nonsense are you talking about? You're promulgating prostitution in the daytime!"

Shen Feng glanced at the starry sky outside the room: "It's night now."

"Shut up." Zhong Lan recalled the pain on the day she gave birth to A Nian, and never wanted to experience such unforgettable pain again in this life.

Shen Feng knew that Zhong Lan was afraid of pain, so he smiled gently: "I'm joking casually, you don't have to take it seriously. If you don't want to, I won't force you."

The more Zhong Yan thought about it, the more embarrassing he became, and he quickly changed the topic: "Brother Zhan won the exam last year because of the Danzhou Rebellion, and he didn't get into the king's exam. Now he is going to join Enke for students from Danzhou, is he ready?"

"I received a letter from my parents a few days ago, saying that I would let him enter the royal capital on the fifth day of the lunar month." Shen Feng just put Anian in his arms to sleep and laughed softly.

Seeing Shen Feng's skillful movements, Zhong Lan was somewhat pleased: "When brother Zhan passes the examination and enters the palace examination and wins the imperial examination, you will have another help in the court."

Shen Feng was about to speak, but was interrupted.

Chang Huan suddenly entered the door and saluted Zhong Lan and Shen Feng in turn: "Miss, uncle. The concierge came to report that Jiangbei, who is with the second master of Taiming's family, is here."

Zhong Lan and Shen Feng looked at each other: "Pass."

Jiangbei entered the door in a hurry, and knelt down to Shen Yan with red eyes: "Please return home to take charge of the overall situation!"

Shen Feng and Zhong Lan were both shocked.

Shen Feng helped Jiang Bei up: "What happened at home?"

"The master is gone." Jiang Bei cried.

Shen Feng's pupils suddenly shrank: "What did you say?"

"The master of the family has passed away." Jiang Bei added, "The eldest lady couldn't bear it anymore and has fallen ill. The second master is now supporting the family. The younger one has come to the capital to invite the eldest uncle and eldest grandma back."

(End of this chapter)